PyGTK - Window Class

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An object of the gtk.Window class provides a widget that users commonly think of as a Wwindow. This widget is a container hence, it can hold one child widget. It provides a displayable area decorated with title bar and resizing controls.

gtk.Window class has the following constructor −

gtk.Window(type)

Type paramter takes one of the following values −

gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL (default)	This window has no parent. The Toplevel windows are the main application window and dialogs.
gtk.WINDOW_POPUP	This window has no frame or decorations. A popup window is used for menus and tooltips.

Some of the important methods of the gtk.Window class are listed below −

Sr.No.	Methods and Description
1	set_title(string) This sets the "title" property of the gtk.window to the value specified by the title. The title of a window will be displayed in its title bar.
2	get_title() This returns the title of a window if set.
3	set_position() This sets the position of window. The predefined position constants are − gtk.WIN_POS_NONE gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER gtk.WIN_POS_MOUSE gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER_ALWAYS gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT
4	set_focus() This sets the widget specified to be the focus widget for the window.
5	set_resizable() This is true by default. set_resizable() helps the user to set the size of a window.
6	set_decorated() This is true by default. If false, the title bar and the resizing controls of window will be disabled.
7	set_modal() If true, window becomes modal and the interaction with other windows is prevented. This is used for the Dialog widgets.
8	set_default_size() This sets the default size of the window to the specified width and height in pixels.

The gtk.Window widget emits the following signals −

activate-default	This is emitted when the default child widget of window is activated usually by the user pressing the Return or Enter key.
activate-focus	This is emitted when the child widget with the focus is activated usually by the user pressing the Space key.
move-focus	This is emitted when the focus is changed within the window's child widgets when the user presses the Tab, the Shift+Tab or the Up, Down, Left or Right arrow keys.
set-focus	This is emitted when the focus changes to widget in window.